Subjects:  1. California    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Church architecture    5. History    6. History - Central & South America    7. History - United States/Colonial & Revolutionary    8. History - United States/State & Local    9. Indians of North America    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile literature    12. Missions    13. Missions, Spanish   

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The artifacts of the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes
My assumption is that a DK Eyewitness Book entitled "Aztec, Inca & Maya" would devote sections to each of the three great civilizations that Spanish explorers encountered and eradicated in the 16th century.The Aztec empire stretched between the Pacific and the Atlantic costs of Mesoamerica, the Maya kingdom was found in the eastern part of Mesoamerica, and the Inca Empire stretched 4,000 miles along the western coast of South America.But this book considers the people of these regions to be a mosaic of tribes and nations so that most of the chapters are topical, talking about food and drink, religious life, masks, and such in terms of all of the cultures that apply.There are a few specific chapters devoted to the Incas and their ancestors and Cities of the Andes, but most toss in everything together.
One of the poorest Eyewitness Books
I'm a huge fan of the DK Eyewitness series, but even so, I could not like this book despite the usual gorgeous photographs.
A Wonderful Way to Spark A Child's Interest!
The Eyewitness series of books is primarily aimed at children ages 8-14. They are all full of many clear bright color photographs and illustrations that are each accompanied by a paragraph or so of factual information. The Eyewitness series is a great way to spark a youth's interest in a subject. They have books on just about every topic imaginable from Archaeology to Zoology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aztecs    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. History - Ancient    6. History - Central & South America    7. History - Mexico    8. Incas    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mayas    12. People & Places - Central & South America    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Mexico   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Guatemala    5. History - Central & South America    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Social Science (General)    8. Juvenile literature    9. Latin America - Central America    10. People & Places - Central & South America    11. Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Creative activities and seat w    4. Creative activities and seat work    5. History - Ancient    6. History - Central & South America    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Material culture    10. Maya cookery    11. Mayas    12. American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500 CE    13. Central America    14. Culture & customs    15. Handicrafts    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient    17. Mexico   

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Very good pictures and fun craft ideas
I was a little hesitant to buy this book, since no one had reviewed it and there were no sample pages available, but I'm glad I got it.
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Subjects:  1. Arctic peoples    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Ancient    5. History - Central & South America    6. Indians    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. People & Places - United States - Native American    10. Reference - Encyclopedias   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography - Literary    3. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Family - Multigenerational    7. Guatemala    8. History - Central & South America    9. Indians of Central America    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile literature    12. People & Places - Central & South America    13. Quichâe women    14. Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / General   

Editorial Review

When writer Sara Cameron went on assignment to Colombia to write aUNICEF report about the Children's Movement for Peace to submit to the NobelPeace Prize Committee, she was skeptical: "I didn't believe that children coulddo anything substantial to help peace." But she was soon convinced by thesincere teen leaders of the movement who had been through hell and lived to tellabout it. Colombia is a country that has been torn apart by guerilla warfare,illegal drug trade, and gang violence for more than 40 years. In the late 1990s,guided by civic and religious leaders, the children and teens of Colombiadecided to try and do what the adults of their country could not: make peace.Besides writing her report for UNICEF, Cameron collected these first-personaccounts of nine young leaders of the movement, all of whose lives have beentainted by violence. Heartbreaking examples include 18-year-old Juan Elias,whose father was murdered right in his own office, and 16-year-old Mayerly,whose best friend was stabbed to death in a gang war. Still, these youngleaders--despite threats by armed gangs and extreme poverty--organize peacerallies, speak publicly at schools, and lead workshops for other displaced orabused children. Sad, but ultimately triumphant, these stories will both inspireand shame the teens of First World nations who read them--shame them by showinghow much of their lives they take for granted, and inspire them to do more withthe resources and relationships they have been blessed with. The book includesan author's note and a list of resources to learn more about the Children'sMovement for Peace. (Ages 12 and older) Read more

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Out of War
This nonfiction book is a collection of personal accounts of nine children who took one look at their beloved war-torn Columbia, saw how it was affecting the people around them and their families, and walked down the path to the right to live in a peaceful environment. Young adults drowning in rural and urban war
This book confirms Colombia's intimate relationship with war.However, "Out of War; True Stories From the Front Lines," offers a frightening new dimension of the conflict.Author Sara Cameron documents the tragic lifes of young poor Colombians who are disgusted with the violence and seek to reduce the warfare by fostering a better understanding of peace. Child Heroes Reject the Horrors of War
Fortunately I did not experience the terror of mass murder, rape and callous torture as a child. For the children of Columbia such experiences are an every day occurrence. The courage of the young people whose stories Cameron relates is extraordinary. How does an ordinary fifteen year old girl rise to become a leader of children in a mass movement to bring peace to a country where war is the norm? How do children as young as eleven overcome their anger and personal pain to tell their fellow sufferers that anger and revenge will not work as well as forgiveness and conciliation?Read more

Subjects:  1. Children and violence    2. Children and war    3. Children's 12-Up - Sociology    4. Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Colombia    7. History - Military & Wars    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Movimiento de los Ninos por l    11. Social Issues - Violence    12. Social Situations - Violence    13. Social Studies - General    14. Violence    15. History - Central & South America    16. Personal narratives    17. Biography & Autobiography - General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - History - General    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. History    6. History - Central & South America    7. Incas    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Latin America - South America    11. Social life and customs   

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Engineering triumphs of many different types
The Panama Canal was an incredible triumph of engineering and the final move towards completion was a patently illegal action by U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer who had built the Suez Canal was attempting to build the canal across Panama, but the company that he headed eventually abandoned the project in disgrace. At that time, Panama was a state in Columbia and President Roosevelt tried to get the Columbians to sign a treaty ceding the rights to a canal to the United States. When he considered the conditions demanded by the Columbians to be too onerous, he supported a "rebellion" in Panama that led to independence from Columbia. A treaty was then signed and the Americans started work on the canal.
The Panama Canal - A simplistic View
The Panama Canal (49 pages) by Elizabeth Mann is a well written book containing the very basic information about the canal.My disappointment is that the book was set in oversized type and every other page was an illustration. It was interesting and very easy reading.The book would be best suited for a pre-high school student.

for children and adults
The illustrations in this book are so good that I have offered it to my husband as a "ready made diary" of our trip to the Panama canal. The pictures capture all the beauty and the technological marvel of thecanal. The book is an excellent visit in an armchair. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. History    4. History - Central & South America    5. History - Modern    6. History - United States/20th Century    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Panama Canal    10. Panama Canal (Panama)    11. Bridges, tunnels & other structures    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Central & South America    13. Latin America    14. Panama Canal (Panama) - History - Juvenile literature    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Central America    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. General    5. History - Central & South America    6. Indians of Central America    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mayas    10. Native Americans   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 3-4    2. Education / Teaching    3. General    4. History - Central & South America    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Geography    7. South America    8. Study and teaching (Elementary)   

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An extraordinary testimony to archaeological history
Accessibly written and very beautifully by Caldecott Honor Winner Ted Lewin, Lost City: The Discovery Of Machu Picchu is a picturebook history presentation about a 1911 journey into Peru in search of Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. What was actually discovered was the forgotten city of Machu Picchu, resulting in an extraordinary testimony to archaeological history and a Native American legacy, in this wonderfully illustrated, deftly told, and strongly recommended story. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (1911)    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. History - Central & South America    6. History - Exploration & Discovery    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Machu Picchu Site (Peru)    10. Yale Peruvian Expedition    11. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History    5. History - Central & South America    6. Juvenile Architecture    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Latin America - Central America    10. Panama Canal (Panama)    11. Civil engineering & construction    12. Geography & Environment    13. Latin America    14. Panama canal   

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A useful, colorful (and inexpensive!) title
(Note: Somehow this review was previously mis-assigned to the companion volume, El Salvador: The Land.)Read more

Subjects:  1. 21st century    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. El Salvador    5. History    6. History - Central & South America    7. Juvenile Multicultural Studies    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. People & Places - Central & South America    11. People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino    12. Social life and customs    13. Human geography / peoples of the world   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Costa Rica    5. History - Central & South America    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Social Science (General)    8. Juvenile literature    9. Latin America - Central America    10. People & Places - Central & South America    11. Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - History - General    2. Children's Books/Young Adult People & Places    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Costa Rica    5. Geography And History (Young Adult)    6. History - Central & South America    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Latin America - Central America    10. People & Places - Central & South America    11. Social Sciences   

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Discover my armpit
The America's were 'Discovered' by the Aisian people who walked across the barren straight, then by the Africans who came by boat...europeans were late, but took all the credit.BOOOO...BOOOOO....Boooo to this piece of 'work'. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. America    2. Americas (North Central South West Indies)    3. Biography    4. Children's 12-Up - History - General    5. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    6. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    7. Discovery and exploration    8. Explorers    9. History    10. History - Central & South America    11. History - Exploration & Discovery    12. History - United States/General    13. Juvenile Nonfiction    14. Juvenile literature    15. World - General    16. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    17. The Americas    18. c 1500 to c 1600    19. c 1600 to c 1700    20. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Sociology    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children's questions and answe    4. Children's questions and answers    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Hispanic Americans    7. History    8. History - United States/General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Miscellanea    12. People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino    13. Reference - General    14. American history    15. Caribbean islands    16. Central America    17. Ethnic groups    18. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Central & South America    19. USA   

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Good Pix Boring Text
Easter Island is one of the most interesting places in the world, but you would never know it from this text that is so much like geography textbooks of old that you don't want to even turn the page.What does keep you turning the pages are the pictures which are quite beautiful and, in themselves, illuminating...A worthy effort, with solid information...

Outstanding book!
An excellent informational book about Easter Island and its mysterious past. Schort chapters break the book into easily managable sections. The vocabulary is appropriate for the intended age group. Factual information is clearly separated from theories. When applicable, multiple theories are presented. Crisp, clear photographs throughout the book serve to clarify the narration. A glossary, complete with pronounciation guide, is included along with an index. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiquities    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Civilization    6. Easter Island    7. History    8. History - Central & South America    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Oceania    12. People & Places - Central & South America    13. American history    14. Human geography / peoples of the world    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient    16. Latin America    17. Polynesia    18. World history   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. General    4. History - Central & South America    5. Incas    6. Indians of South America    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Native Americans    10. South America